Liquid-fuel burner.



M. (moss. LIQUID FUEL BURNER. APIPLIU AIION FILED JULY 21,1911.

1 ,0 1 9,247. Patented Mar. 5, 1912.

Witnesses Inventor white flame.

- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

MANNIBIGROSS, OF COUNCIL GROVE, KANSAS.

LIQUID-FUEL BURNER.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that .l, MANNIN Gnoss, a citizen of the United States, residing at Coun cil Grove, in thecounty of Morris and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Liquid-Fuel Burner, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to'improvements in what may be termed liquid fuel burners.

The invention has for its object to provide for readily and economically generating the gas.

A further object is to provide for effecting the gas generating action or process resulting in producing an extended or broad A still. further object is to effect the mixing of the air and oil or hydro-carbon elements or ingredients, and delivering the expensive and effective manner.

- The invention consists of certain instrumentalities and features substantially as hereinafter fully disclosed and defined by the claims, I

In the accompanying drawing illustrating the preferred embodiment of my invention, wherein it will be understood that various changes and modificationsmay be made as relates to the detailed constructionand arrangement of the parts thereinwithOut dc I parting from. the spirit of my invention, I Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device,

the same being shown as adapted for use in connection with a range or cook-stove. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevationthereof. Fig. 3 is a perspective. view of a modification of the device for use in connection with a heating stove. Fig. 4 is a. sectional elevation thereof, I I

In'carrying out my invention, I suitably provide a base member or plate 1, prefer ably oblong or rectangular in general out line and havingdepending from its underside at the corners stub or short legs 2 for the support thereof-,withinthe combustion orfire chamber of a range or cook-stove, in a slightly elevated position-upon the grate. Said-plate orbase member has about centrally therein an upraised or boss like tub u.

lar member or extension 3, the bore or oriiice cf: which opens through the bottom of Specification of Letters Patent.

gling of the hydro-carbon and air, as will presently fully appear.

Patented Mar. 5,'1912.,

Application filed July 21, 1911. Serial No. 639,813. I

said plate, which tubular member or part may be termed the mixer for the comminv6O Said plate or base;-

member has upstanding from, and integral with its upper face an annulus 4 which has the tubular member 3 centrally thereof, and" which forms a shallow pan like receptacle 5 to contain a quantity of oil or alcohol for pre-heating action as well uneffecting the derstood.

A generator or pipe coil 6 is arranged in an elevated position with respect toand directly above the plate 1, said pipe coil or generator having'suitable connection 7 with" the supply pipe 8 of a hydrocarbon containing tank (not shown), said pipe connec- 'tion 7 being equipped with a needle-valve 9 for suitably controlling the supply of the" hydro-carbon or liquid fuel to the generator pipe coil 6. The pipe coil or generator is suitably upheld or supported in its elevated position through a vertically and downwardly curved or angular elbow 11 connect ing with af pipe section 12 extending vertically through, and fixed in the plate 1, this of course, being only subsidiary or incident tal to the function of such elbow and fixed pipe section, as will be appreciated. i

A horizontal pipe section 13, having als .a' curved or angular elbow connection -14 with the fixed pipe section 12, extends to a point about in vertical alinement with the mixeror tubular member 3, for the delivery of the hydro-carbon or liquid fuel thereinto,

said pipe 13 having a jet or delivery opening 15 in the cap or closure 16 thereof for n p 95 A deflector or spreader 17 comprisingja'k that purpose.

preferably concavoconvex or arched plate which, in this instance, is preferably oblong in general outline is arranged suitably with respect to the .plane of the generator coil 6, as seen in' Figs. 1 and 2. Said plate, spreader or deflector is so disposed, a e, in:

vertical alinement with the mixer or tubular member 3, as to allow of shooting or eject-v ing the-ignitedfuel or flame against the underside of said'plate or spreader and-thus I provide for laterally deflecting or spreading said flame, the same resulting in a broadwhite sheet unattended by smoke, formation of soot, or emission of other non-consumed combustion products. This promotes cleanliness and other sanitary conditions, as well as fully utilizes the action of combustion,

while ,minimizes the consumption of the fuel, all of which, it is believed, are clearly apparent. The deflector, spreader or plate "17 is suitably supported in position, preferably adjustably as disclosed also by Figs. 1 and 2 by means of a post or standard 18 p which is preferably integral -.or cast with the base member 1; an upstanding stud 19 at the edge or margin of said spreader or plate,

. receiving or having inserted therethrough a nut equipped bolt 20 also inserted through any one of'a number of vertically arranged apertures or holes 21 in the'upper end of said post or standard, for that purpose and for the adjustment of said deflector or, spreader, which will allow of varying the altitude of said spreader whenever the same may be desired.

'It will be observed that, as previously stated, the pre-heatin'g action having been' effected, as well understood, by supplying a quantity of liquid fuel or oil to the pan like receptacle 5 and suitably igniting or firing the same, the generator coil, 6 will readily become suitably heated for the conversion of the hydroca;bon or liquid fuel delivered:

from its containing tank into said generator coil, into vapor or gas, the pro-heating actionat this stage being discontinued. The vaporizing or conversion of the liquid, within the generatoreoil it is observed, will be so expedited by this operation as to result at a point about midway the generator pipe coil, the thus forming vapor gas then escaping or being ejected through the jet opening 15 in the delivery end 16 of the pipe arm 13 effecting the cooking action.

In the modification as suggested by Figs. 3 and 4 is disclosed an. embodiment of the same features or parts substantially as above described, the modified disclosure being considered preferable for adapting the device for use in connection with stoves only for ,heating as differentiated from cooking stoves, the exemplification of the device in connection with the latter type being as above detailed. salient feature of difference consists principally in slightly depressing or lowering the generator coil to bring it somewhat nearer the base member, and in. displacing the form of spreader before described and substitut- In the modification, the

- ing therefor a circular spreader member 22,

the latter being enlarged to nearly the dimensions of a substituted correspondingly shaped base member 28. In this case the spreader member 22 is upheld or supported in position by means of a plurality of'posts or standards 24, preferably three being employed for that purpose.

It is thought that the advantages and benefits of my invention, as herein disclosed, have been made fully apparent and that its merits will be fully appreciated, it being necessary however, to only state further that the device, it is obvious, is characterized for its extreme simplicity, involving the minimum number of parts, accordingly inexpensive of manufacture, and is readily ap-.

plied for use and operated.

What is claimed is: v

1. A device of the type described, including a base, a mixer opening upwardly therethrough, an annular generator-coil superposed with respect to said base, an imperforate spreader spaced off from, and arranged in substantially the same horizontal plane with said generator-coil, and a jet-delivering pipe in continuation of said gener ator-coil and having its delivering end alining and spaced off from said mixer, said mixer having its upper end terminating below and delivering a flame upon the underside of said spreader, said generator coil, by virtue of its arrangement with respect to the latter, receiving the action of said flame at the perimeter of said spreader.

2. A device of the character described, including a base having a mixer-forming tubular member opening upwardly therethrough, said base also having its upper surface formed with an upstanding shallow receptacle, whose walls surround said mixer-forming tubular member, an annular generator coil superposed with respect to said base, an imperforate spreader spaced off from, and arranged in substantially the same horizontal plane with said generator-coil, and a jet-delivering pipe in continuation of said generator-coil and being dependable through said base and having its delivering end alining said mixer, said mixer having its upper end terminating below, and delivering a flame upon the underslde of said spreader, said generator-coil by'virtue'of its arrangement with respect to the latter, receiving the action of said flame, at the perimeter of said spreader.

In testimony that I claim the-foregoing as my own,I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

v MANNIN GROSS. Witnesses: i

L. H. BRIGHAM,

E. D. soon. 

